Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore receives the inaugural LSF Christopher Gunning Inspiration Award
The London Soundtrack Festival Gala Concert celebrates the career of Howard Shore, featuring music from his Oscar-winning scores for The Lord of the Rings together with music from his more than 45-year collaboration with director David Cronenberg and other highlights from Shore’s incredible career.
The gala concert will be a special night of music by this year’s Featured Artists, including Harry Gregson-Williams, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Anne Dudley, Natalie Holt and a specially-commissioned suite of the best known TV Quiz themes, arranged by Iain Farrington, all brought to the stage by some very special guest presenters.
Programme includes:
- Anna Meredith: Nautilus (from Eighth Grade)
- Natalie Holt: Music from Loki
- Stephen Barton: Picard Suite
- Anne Dudley: American History X
- Harry Gregson-Williams: Suite from Gladiator II
- Hildur Guðnadóttir: Tár, excerpts
- Arr Iain Farrington: TV Quiz Theme Suite
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Music by Howard Shore:
- The Fly – Suite
- Dead Ringers – Main Title
- Ed Wood – Main Title
- The Aviator – Suite
- The Hobbit – The Noble Wood (I Roderyn)
- M.Butterfly – Main Title
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Mvt 1)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Lighting of the Beacons
Also featuring the presentation of the LSF Gunning Inspiration Award to Howard Shore.
Read more about BAFTA-winning British composer Christopher Gunning.
Howard Shore
LSF Inspiration Award recipient
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Anne Dudley
Harry Gregson-Williams
Anna Meredith
Stephen Barton
Natalie Holt
Paul Farrer
Special Guests
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Choir
Lior
Vocalist
Ben Palmer
Conductor